The Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings of Paul Cezanne
An Online Catalogue Raisonné under the Direction of Société Paul Cezanne
(Formerly directed by Walter Feilchenfeldt, Jayne Warman and David Nash)
FWN 1975
Le Dessert
1900–06
Alternate titles: Nature morte; Nature morte or Le dessert; Peres i rahims; The dessert
Rewald (W569); Venturi revised: 1900–05; Venturi (1153): 1900–06
Graphite and watercolor on paper
18 1/2 x 24 in. (47 x 61 cm)
Private collection
Provenance
Exhibition History
Galerie Bernheim-Jeune, Paris, Les aquarelles de Cézanne, June 17–29, 1907, ?, as Nature morte, tentative identification.
Galerie Bernheim-Jeune, Paris, Paul Cézanne, January 6–17, 1914.
Musée de l'Orangerie, Paris, Cézanne, May 20–October 11, 1936, no. 139, as Le Dessert, c. 1904-06, lent by Gaston Bernheim de Villers, Paris.
Galerie Bernheim-Jeune-Dauberville, Paris, Cézanne – Aquarelliste et Peintre, May–July 1960, no. 21, as Le Dessert, 1900-06.
Acquavella Galleries, New York, Cézanne Watercolors, October 18–November 24, 1999, no. 28, ill.
The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, Cézanne in the Studio: Still Life in Watercolor, October 12, 2004–January 2, 2005, pl. 8, as The dessert.
Acquavella Galleries, New York, Works on paper: from Cézanne to Freud, October 27–29, 2010, no. 3, ill.
Museum of Modern Art, New York, Cézanne Drawing, June 6–September 25, 2021, pl. 211, Private collection.
The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Cezanne, May 15–September 5, 2022, no. 68, ill. Private collection; shown in Chicago only. Traveled to: Tate Modern, London, October 6, 2022–March 12, 2023.
Published References
Bernheim-Jeune, ed. Cézanne. With contributions by O. Mirbeau, T. Duret, L. Werth, et al. Paris: Editions Hollande, 1914, pl. LIV.
Sacs, Joan. "Les natures-mortes den Pau Cézanne." Revista nova (Barcelona) Year I, no. 22 (September 3, 1914), ill. p. 6, as Peres i rahims, Private collection.
Bernheim-Jeune, ed. L'Art moderne et quelques aspects de l'art d'autrefois: cent-soixante-treize planches d'après la collection privée de MM. J. & G. Bernheim-Jeune, poèmes de Henri de Régnier , 2 vols. Paris: Bernheim-Jeune, 1919, pl. 39.
Borély, Jules. "Cézanne à Aix [Hommage à Paul Cézanne]." L'Art vivant (Paris), no. 37 (July 1, 1926), p. 493, ill.
Waldemar-George. Cézanne: Aquarelles. Paris: Editions des quatre chemins, 1926, pl. 8, collection Bernheim Jeune.
Gasquet, Joachim. Cézanne: 24 phototypies. Paris: Librairie de France, [1928], [pl. 22], as Nature morte.
Venturi, Lionello. Cézanne: Son Art, Son Oeuvre. Paris: Editions Paul Rosenberg, 1936, no. 1153, ill. vol. II, as Le Dessert.
Rewald, John. Paul Cézanne: The Watercolors, A Catalogue Raisonné. Boston: Little, Brown; London: Thames & Hudson, 1983, no. 569, ill.
Conisbee, Philip. "Watercolours by Cézanne, Los Angeles." The Burlington Magazine 147, no. 1222 (January 2005), p. 70, fig 73, as The dessert.
Dauberville, Guy-Patrice, and Floriane Dauberville. Paul Cezanne chez Bernheim-Jeune. Paris: Editions G-P.F. Dauberville & Archives Bernheim-Jeune, 2020, no. 289, ill., as Nature morte or Le dessert.
Record last updated November 1, 2023. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.
Citation: Société Paul Cezanne. "Le Dessert, 1900–06 (FWN 1975)." In The Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings of Paul Cezanne: An Online Catalogue Raisonné. www.cezannecatalogue.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=1551 (accessed on March 15, 2025).
